Biography:
Violetta M. Yurakhno graduated from the Molodezhnenskaya Secondary School of Simferopol in 1981 with a gold medal, from Simferopol State University in 1986 with honors, completed her postgraduate studies in 1989, and defended her PhD thesis on "Myxosporeans of Black Sea fish: systematics, fauna, ecology, zoogeography" in 1994. Author of 208 publications. A famous specialist in parasites of fish in the World Ocean. Has works on ichthyology, nature conservation, and the history of biology. Described 25 new species of myxosporeans (24) and leeches (1). Indicated many new species for the fauna of the Black, Azov and East Seas. Has extensive international cooperation.
Title : Myxosporean fauna of East Sea marine fishes off the coast of Vietnam